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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure what 11:40 is saying - I really think my nanny deserves and SHOULD get a months pay if I could afford it!  We love her.  It's that a week's pay is a LOT for us.  When we hired her, I really didn't know the standard was a week's pay.  We give her more vacation than most people receive, every holiday, early releases all the time, tons of flexibility.....so we don't really follow a lot of the standard contracts I've seen floating around.  And before taxes, 700 is our portion for a week through the payroll service (some of that is health care, so untaxed)

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OP, the standard bonus would be here take home pay of her actual hourly wages, and just your share of it. You're still under no real obligation to give a bonus, but the figure you're coming up with is higher than necessary. Also, you keep saying that no other industry has standard bonus expectations, and that just isn't true. Many industries include potential bonuses as a part of their benefits package, and they are expected by the employees. Nannying is no different. I don't include my bonus in my monthly budget, because you never know what you're going to get, but I do use it to build up my savings each year, and not receiving it would be a big strike against my employers and the benefits they offer. At contract time, I'd have this in the back of my mind.

I find it interesting that every employer, when faced with the reality that their compensation is lacking, suddenly offers crazy amounts of vacation and extra time off. Only you know the truth OP, but at least be honest with yourself if you're concerned about her leaving. Are you really giving her a reason to stay?[/quote]

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